How To Choose A Fire Extinguisher Contractor or Supplier

Basically, a Contractor or Supplier dealing with Fire Protection Equipment Supply and/or service, shall be registered with Bomba.  The criteria for the registration are:

a) A Registered Company with ROC

Verification documents : Borang 9 : Sijil Pendaftaran Syarikat,
                                     Form 24 : Sijil Pengesahan Modal Di benar dan Modal Berbayar,
                                     Form 49 : Sijil Pengesahan Maklumat Pengarah, Pengurus dan Setiausaha Syarikat
                                     M & A : Memorandum dan Artikel Perbadanan Syarikat

b) Licenced with Local Government, eg. : Lesen Perniagaan MBSJ
c) If using e-perolehan, register with Ministry of Finance, eg.: Sijil Pendaftaran Kementrian Kewangan

If the contractor is providing service and maintenance service for fire extinguishers, then the company shall have a complete set of servicing facilities such as:

a)  powder filling machine,
b) CO2 filling machine,
c) leakage test equipment,
d) valve tightening machine,
e) clamping device and
f) any dedicated tools, as specified by manufacturers
g) appropriate waste disposal

The company shall also have competent qualified technical personnel relevant to the job, operating based on documented standard operating procedures on maintenance and servicing of portable fire extinguishers in compliance with the relevant Code of Practice, using replacement parts and procedures prescribed by hte manufacturers.

Some companies, voluntarily, get their company certified by a third party, such as SIRIM.
At the moment, this third party certification is not mandatory, but i believe later it will be mandatory by law.
This is because the Code of Practice has been gazetted by the government and published as a Malaysian Standards, back in 2004.

Bomba Certificate for Fire Extinguisher

I used to get questions from my friends who wants to know how to apply for Bomba Certificate for fire extinguishers.  They were told that this certificate is required by the local town council to complete their application for business licence.  To abtain this certificate, the premise owner has to purchase Fire Extinguisher which are Certified by SIRIM, Approved by BOMBA and meets the Code of Practise, in terms of size, type and location of installation.  Application to the nearest Balai Bomba has to be made using Borang APA 1, APA 2 & APA 3. with payment.  Upon approval, normally 2 to 3 days, a certificate called H13 and a receipt is issued.  The first copy of H13 is to be paste onto the fire extinguisher body.  Make sure does not obstruct the originl label on the extinguisher body, especially the operating instructions.  The second copy is to be kept for future reference.  Sometimes the local authority requires the receipt as prove of approval, sometime they require the second copy to be submitted together with the business licence application or renewal.